Understanding planning · 13 min read
Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
5,382 approved · 396 refused · 310 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 18 May 2018 to 29 Sept 2026. Most recent record check: 11 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Mcdonalds Restaurant Shearlegs Road Gateshead NE8 3EN
Received 14 May 2020Unit 3 - 4 Kingsway Interchange Eleventh Avenue Gateshead NE11 0JY
Received 14 May 2020Park Terrace DNS Park Terrace Gateshead
Received 14 May 2020Orchard House Lead Road Greenside Ryton NE40 4JQ
Received 14 May 202015 Clavering Road Bleach Green Blaydon NE21 5HH
Received 15 May 2020Former Chisholm Bookmakers Ltd Clavering Road Blaydon NE21 5HH
Received 14 May 202012 Westover Gardens Gateshead NE9 5DN
Received 18 May 2020Chopwell Park North Of Marx Terrace Chopwell Chopwell District NE17 7EH
Received 19 May 202016 Oakham Avenue Whickham Newcastle Upon Tyne NE16 5YU
Received 4 May 2020Chainbridge Road (P74101) Chainbridge Road Blaydon Tyne & Wear Newcastle On Tyne NE21 5AJ
Received 19 May 2020The Crown Front Street Whickham NE16 4DT
Received 19 May 2020Beverley Woodside Close Ryton Central Ryton NE40 3NF
Received 20 May 20207 Hillcroft Sourmilk Hill Lane Gateshead NE9 5RU
Received 18 May 2020Ryton Park Country House Hotel Holburn Lane Ryton Central Ryton NE40 3PF
Received 20 May 202031 Wynbury Road Sheriff Hill Gateshead NE9 6TS
Received 21 May 2020Land North Of Gullane Close Bill Quay Gateshead
Received 21 May 20204 Simonside View Whickham NE16 4AQ
Received 22 May 2020Holly House Fellside Road Whickham NE16 5AX
Received 22 May 2020Former Windmill Hills Nursing Home Mulgrave Terrace Gateshead NE8 1PS
Received 22 May 202056 Grange Estate Kibblesworth Birtley NE11 0TQ
Received 22 May 202053 Sherburn Way Wardley Felling NE10 8SQ
Received 23 May 2020The Co-Op Parsons Drive Ryton Central Ryton NE40 3RA
Received 23 May 2020Vacant Land Storey Lane Blaydon-On-Tyne NE21 4NF
Received 24 May 2020The Granary Ruskin Road Birtley Chester Le Street DH3 1AD
Received 22 May 2020Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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